Binh Thuan conquers Ba Ra peak

Binh Thuan Athletics Team had a favorable start to the new year 2024 when they brought home 2 gold medals and 1 bronze medal at the 2024 Ba Ra Peak National Cross Country Championship that just ended.

This is a long-standing and quality tournament in the national athletics tournament system. The tournament has 31 delegations with more than 1,600 athletes from strong sports delegations such as: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Army, Bac Giang, Dak Lak, Khanh Hoa, Binh Dinh, Binh Phuoc... Notably, this year's tournament has two delegations with 12 athletes from Champasak province (Laos) and Kratie province (Cambodia).

This season attracts many athletes with high achievements in domestic and regional tournaments such as: Do Quoc Luat (Army), Hoang Nguyen Thanh (Binh Phuoc), Nguyen Thi Oanh (Bac Giang), Pham Thi Hong Le (Binh Dinh), Hoang Thi Ngoc Hoa (Binh Phuoc)... Athletes will compete in the following distances: national individual men - women 10 km; individual, team men's team - youth men 7.7 km; individual, team men's youth 4.8 km; individual, team women - youth women - young women - women's team 5.4 km; individual, team women's youth 4 km.

Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen won the gold medal in the junior women's individual event.

The Binh Thuan delegation with 6 athletes competed in the 2024 Ba Ra Peak Conquering National Cross-Country Championship, and excellently won 1 gold medal in the men's team event, 1 gold medal in the young women's individual event won by athlete Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen and a bronze medal in the men's individual event won by athlete Do Duy Thang .

Do Duy Thang won bronze medal in men's individual team

According to Mr. Huynh Ngoc Tam - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism : This is a national athletics tournament with high professional quality with the participation of many famous athletes from all over the country. The fact that Binh Thuan athletes have made efforts to overcome difficulties to achieve high results in the first days of the new year 2024 is a good sign for the province's high-performance sports .

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